Improvement in device for feeding- swine



tta-trs @arent @titille Letters Patent No. 91,881, dated .Tune 29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N Device FOR PEEDING sWINE.

The `Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingvpart of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NATHAN SrocKWELL, of Windsor, in the county of Broome, and State of N ew York, have'iuvented a new and improved Mode of Feeding Swine and I 'do hereby declare that the. following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Y Figure lis a front view, showing the manner of its operation.

. Figure 2 is a rearview, representing the feedingarrangement.l ,Y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ligure.`

The nature ofV my invention consists in providing one or more swinging compartments suspended over a trough, in such a mannei'that the occupation of said trough may be controlled from the outside, giving anydesired space for the' hog to feed from, and at the Sametime to prevent him from interfering with his neighbors." s v I construct my swine-feeder of wood, make a trough,

A, with. au upright piece,A B B, at each end, between l which I suspend agate, or frame G, on pins or screws, near the upper'end of said pieces, on which it works. The free or lower edge of this gate swings clear, and

ilush with the inner edge of the trough, as shown by the longitudinal dottedline e in g. 2, thereby closing itzto prevent the ingress of the hog.

On the inside vof the gate I make projections, D 1),

whereby compartments are formed of suicient dimensions only for one to stand in while feeding;

For the purpose of ,operating the gate, I make a shaft, E, provided with a lever F, and cams G G, and place it longitudinally, with bearingsin the'hpright pieces B B; This shaft controls the vibratory movements ofthe gate which, is so balanced'thatit swings back by its own weight; and for the purpose of-holding it in position# use a wedge, H, as showniin iig. 1. When I use my invention, I turn down the lever F, which brings the cams G G in contact with the face of the gate, and swings it in until the lower edge stands over the inner edge of thetrough, which, if foul, I cleanse, and draw oti the water through au opening in the bottoni. I then replacethe plug, supply the feed, and draw up the wedge until the desired opening is given to the trough. By this process of feeding, unusual cleanliness-is preserved, 'and at least one-quarter of the usual amount of feed saved.

IVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patv ent, is-

Y The combination and arrangement of the swinging` purpose set forth.

NATHAN STOGKWE'LL.v

VIfVitness'es:

F. A. DURKEE, E. W. BRIGHAM. 

